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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,264 6,969 73.6 72.1-75.0 2,295 26.4 25.0-27.9
GENDER
Male 3,382 2,327 69.0 66.5-71.4 1,055 31.0 28.6-33.5
Female 5,882 4,642 77.9 76.1-79.5 1,240 22.1 20.5-23.9
RACE
White 6,822 5,096 72.3 70.6-74.0 1,726 27.7 26.0-29.4
African American 1,819 1,395 76.0 72.7-79.1 424 24.0 20.9-27.3
Asian 46 37 89.7 75.4-96.1 9 10.3 3.9-24.6
Native American 224 179 79.4 68.2-87.4 45 20.6 12.6-31.8
Other Minorities 319 235 76.2 68.4-82.6 84 23.8 17.4-31.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 329 247 76.6 68.7-83.1 82 23.4 16.9-31.3
-English Speaking 132 102 75.0 57.8-86.8 30 25.0 13.2-42.2
-Spanish Speaking 197 145 77.2 68.0-84.4 52 22.8 15.6-32.0
Non-Hispanic 8,925 6,716 73.4 71.9-74.9 2,209 26.6 25.1-28.1
AGE
18-24 565 371 66.5 60.3-72.2 194 33.5 27.8-39.7
25-34 1,390 977 71.6 67.8-75.1 413 28.4 24.9-32.2
35-44 1,764 1,305 73.2 69.9-76.2 459 26.8 23.8-30.1
45-54 1,822 1,399 76.0 72.8-79.0 423 24.0 21.0-27.2
55-64 1,505 1,206 78.5 75.1-81.6 299 21.5 18.4-24.9
65-74 1,250 989 78.7 75.1-81.9 261 21.3 18.1-24.9
75+ 909 676 71.9 67.2-76.1 233 28.1 23.9-32.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,551 1,102 67.5 63.4-71.4 449 32.5 28.6-36.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,766 2,020 71.0 68.0-73.8 746 29.0 26.2-32.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,317 1,762 75.3 72.2-78.1 555 24.7 21.9-27.8
College Graduate 2,606 2,072 78.7 76.2-80.9 534 21.3 19.1-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,082 808 70.0 64.7-74.8 274 30.0 25.2-35.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,702 1,256 71.5 67.7-75.0 446 28.5 25.0-32.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,024 784 76.1 71.7-80.1 240 23.9 19.9-28.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,227 917 72.1 68.0-75.8 310 27.9 24.2-32.0
$50,000-74,999 1,002 754 75.4 71.3-79.1 248 24.6 20.9-28.7
$75,000+ 1,142 911 78.5 74.7-81.9 231 21.5 18.1-25.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 340 75.7 70.6-80.1 106 24.3 19.9-29.4
Guilford 442 327 71.6 66.0-76.7 115 28.4 23.3-34.0
Mecklenburg 444 348 76.7 71.0-81.6 96 23.3 18.4-29.0
Orange 450 338 66.1 57.5-73.8 112 33.9 26.2-42.5
Wake 441 347 78.3 73.4-82.5 94 21.7 17.5-26.6
Chatham/Lee 393 299 69.4 62.2-75.7 94 30.6 24.3-37.8
Nash/Wilson 371 273 71.1 64.9-76.6 98 28.9 23.4-35.1
Craven/Pamlico 446 321 70.6 64.9-75.6 125 29.4 24.4-35.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 320 72.8 67.3-77.7 108 27.2 22.3-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 333 73.2 67.6-78.1 118 26.8 21.9-32.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 339 64.0 54.0-72.9 129 36.0 27.1-46.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 325 73.1 61.3-82.3 94 26.9 17.7-38.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 350 76.6 71.9-80.7 117 23.4 19.3-28.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 300 71.9 66.1-77.0 108 28.1 23.0-33.9
Northeast NC I 451 338 73.7 68.0-78.6 113 26.3 21.4-32.0
Northeast NC II 500 382 75.5 70.4-80.0 118 24.5 20.0-29.6
Northeastern Partnership 951 720 74.9 71.1-78.3 231 25.1 21.7-28.9
Mountain AHEC 1,282 1,010 77.7 73.0-81.8 272 22.3 18.2-27.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,240 2,399 72.4 69.6-75.0 841 27.6 25.0-30.4
Piedmont 3,980 2,988 73.4 71.3-75.5 992 26.6 24.5-28.7
Western NC 2,044 1,582 76.6 73.1-79.8 462 23.4 20.2-26.9

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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